"Glocalization" and Regional Headquarters: Japanese Electronics Firms in the ASEAN Region

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 647-668

  Edgington, David W ^a   Hayter, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASEAN; electronics firms; glocalization; Japan; regional headquarters

Indexed keywords

ASEAN; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

JAPAN; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84875853556     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.653731     Document Type: Article

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